--- title: "Partition recovery using a backup — ZEBR.ai" description: "The safest way to protect your data is through backups. 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For backing up disks and partitions, we recommend using Acronis True Image software, which allows you to recover a partition when needed. **Partition recovery using True Image software**\ **1) Partition recovery** – the system is working, but I need to restore the original state\ If the system is working and Acronis True Image Home is installed on the computer:\ – Launch True Image\ – Select the option to recover a disk / recover a partition\ – Select the relevant backup\ – Select the partition to be recovered\ – Start the recovery **2) Partition recovery** – the system does not start\ If the system is damaged to the extent that it will not start:\ – Start the computer – boot from Acronis True Image bootable media\ – Select the option to recover a disk / recover a partition\ – Select the relevant backup\ – Select the disk to be recovered\ – Start the recovery **3)Partition recovery** – the disk is physically damaged\ If the hard disk is physically damaged:\ – Replace the hard disk with a new one\ – Start the computer – boot from Acronis True Image bootable media\ – Select the option to recover a disk / recover a partition\ – Select the relevant backup\ – Select the disk to be recovered\ – Start the recovery - Features · Software - [Acronis True Image](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/true-image/) · [Acronis Backup](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-backup/) · [Acronis Disk Director](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-disk-director/) · [Acronis Disk Director (Workstation, Server, Technician licence)](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-disk-director-advanced/) - Which environments is the product suitable for - For households · Yes · Yes - For organisations of all sizes · Yes · Yes - Which types of machines are supported - Computers running Windows OS (Windows 7, 8, 10) · Yes · Yes · Yes · Yes - Computers running Mac OS (Apple computers) · Yes · Yes - Physical Windows and Linux servers · Yes · Yes - Virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V, RHEV, Citrix, KVM) · Yes · Yes - Cloud machines (Azure, Amazon EC2) · Yes · Yes - Mobile devices based on iOS and Android · Yes · Yes - What can be backed up - Entire machine backups (disk, volume, partition images) · Yes · Yes - Data backups (files and folders) · Yes · Yes - Database backups (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, AD, Oracle) · Yes - How backups are managed - Backups are managed directly from the backed-up machine · Yes - Backup and recovery are managed centrally from one location · Yes - Remote installation of agents on backed-up machines · Yes - Backups can be started manually at any time · Yes · Yes - Backups can be scheduled to run automatically · Yes · Yes - Backed-up machines can be organised into groups · Yes - Backups can be managed by subordinate administrators · Yes - Option to set up email backup notifications · Yes - Backup options - Full, incremental and differential backups · Yes · Yes - Always incremental scheme, GFS scheme, custom scheme · Yes · Yes - Backups can be encrypted with a custom password (AES 256 standard) · Yes · Yes - Backups are compressed automatically · Yes · Yes - Backups can be deduplicated · Yes - Backups can be saved to several storage locations at once · Yes - Where backups can be stored - Local disks, external disks, USB disks · Yes · Yes - Network storage including NAS · Yes · Yes - Tape drives and tape libraries · Yes - FTP servers · Yes - SFTP servers · Yes - Acronis cloud storage (for an additional fee) · Yes · Yes - How recovery can be performed from backups - From the operating system – if the machine is working · Yes · Yes - From bootable media that can be created (CD/DVD, USB) · Yes · Yes - A machine without a working OS can also be recovered · Yes · Yes - Recovery can be performed to hardware-dissimilar machine · Yes · Yes - Recovery can be started remotely from central management · Yes - Recovery can also be performed to a larger or smaller disk · Yes · Yes - Partition sizes can be changed during recovery · Yes · Yes - Recovery from HDD to SSD and vice versa is possible · Yes · Yes - What can be recovered from a backup - Entire disk, volume, partition · Yes · Yes - Required data (files and folders) from both data and image backups · Yes · Yes - Entire databases or individual parts of databases · Yes - Virtual environment backup - Machines can be replicated to a replacement ESXi host · Yes - Backups can be automatically converted to ready-to-use virtual machines · Yes - Backups can be started as virtual machines · Yes - Backups can be recovered as ready-to-use virtual machines · Yes - Backups can be recovered into virtual machines · Yes - Virtual machines can be backed up without an agent inside (Hyper-V and VMware) · Yes - Virtual machines can be backed up with agents inside the virtual machines · Yes - Support for granular recovery of virtual machines · Yes - Hard disk operations - Support for both HDD and SSD disks · Yes · Yes · Yes · Yes - MBR disks can be cloned using the Disk to Disk method · Yes · Yes - MBR and GPT disks can be cloned using the Disk to Backup to Disk method · Yes · Yes - Option to create new disk partitions · Yes · Yes - Option to delete a disk partition · Yes · Yes - Option to increase or decrease a disk partition without data loss · Yes · Yes - Option to format disk partitions · Yes · Yes - Option to merge disk partitions without data loss · Yes · Yes --- - Source: - Site overview for AI agents: